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Andrea Titolo
Nationality: Italian
Date and Place of Birth: 25/11/1991, Rome
I am a Research Fellow. at Sapienza University of Rome, at the Department of Classics. My research interests include Settlement Pattern Analysis, Remote Sensing, GIS, and mapping.
I mostly used softwares like R and QGIS, and worked with old and new Landsat and Sentinel-2 images. The focus of my Ph.D. was to analyse Iron Age settlement patterns along the Euphrates river in ancient Mesopotamia, by using a Landscape archaeology approach and integrating geomorphology, remote sensing, quantitative and spatial analyses using QGIS and R. I took part in a number of excavations and surveys both in Italy and in the Near East.
Current Position
Research Fellow
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
Current - 01 July 2020
- Temporary Research Fellow, member of the project: Tra paludi e oasi: gestione, morfologia e ricognizione dei paesaggi acquatici in Siria e Iraq
Education
PhD., Near Eastern Archaeology
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2019 - 2016
- PhD Thesis: Beyond the River. Settlement Patterns and Models of Occupation along the Euphrates in Syria and Iraq during the Iron Age.
- Tutor: Prof. Davide Nadali.
- Thesis Status: Successfully Defended on the 21/02/2020
MA, Near Eastern Archaeology
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2016 - 2014
- Thesis: Distribution and nature of settlements along the Middle Euphrates in Syria and Iraq in the Early Iron Age (X-IX sec. B.C.)
- Supervisor: Prof. Davide Nadali; Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sara Pizzimenti
- Graduation Date: 22/03/2016
- Grade: 110/110 cum laude
BA, Archaeology
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2014 - 2010
- Sargon II military campaign against Urartu (714 B.C.)
- Supervisor: Prof: Maria Giovanna Biga
- Graduation Date: 09/01/2014
- Grade: 108/110
School Leaving Certificate
L.S.S. “Antonio Labriola”
Rome, IT
2010 - 2005
- Grade: 90/100
Other Educational Experience
Winter School “R4 ARchaeologists”
Department of Civilizations and Forms of Knowledge
University of Pisa, IT
7 February 2020 - 27 January 2020
- Organized by the Mappa Project
Study Abroad Period
Department of Archaeology
University College London, UK
May 2019 - March 2019
- Study and enhance skills and techniques regarding quantitative analysis in Archaeology using R, with a specific focus on settlement pattern analysis.
- The Study Abroad Period was funded by the Fellowship “Mobility of PhD Students”, provided by Sapienza University of Rome
- Supervisor during the stay: Prof. Mark Altaweel
- Duration: 3 months (March-May 2019)
Study Abroad Period
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Durham University, UK
June 2018 - April 2018
- Study and enhance skills and techniques of Landscape Archaeology and Remote Sensing, with a specific focus on the orthorectification and georeferencing of declassified CORONA satellite images.
- The Study Abroad Period was funded by the Fellowship “Mobility of PhD Students”, provided by Sapienza University of Rome
- Supervisor during the stay: Prof. Dan Lawrence
- Duration: 3 months (April-June 2018)
GIS Course
Istituto Spallucci
Rome, IT
November 2016
- “GIS Open Source Advanced: Geographical Analysis, Digital Terrain Model, Databases”, organised by Terrelogiche
GIS Course
Istituto Spallucci
Rome, IT
June 2016
- “GIS Open Source base: Introduction to GIS and learning Open Source Software QGIS”, organised by Terrelogiche
Academic Papers
Use of Time-Series NDWI to Monitor Emerging Archaeological Sites: Case Studies from Iraqi Artificial Reservoirs
Published in Remote Sensing 2021, 13(4), 786 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040786
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2021
Tools and objects from Tell Zurghul excavations (2015-2017)
Published in Quaderni di Vicino Oriente XVI – The Italian Archaeological excavations at Tell Zurghul, ancient Nigin, Iraq. Final report of the seasons 2015-2017, A. Polcaro- D. Nadali (edd..), Roma, pp. 183-218.
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2020
- Co-authored with A. Caselli (University of Perugia)
Assyrian Imperial Frontiers during the First Millennium B.C: the case of the Iraqi Middle Euphrates
Published in Katia Gavagnin, Rocco Palermo (Edited by), “Imperial Connections. Interactions and Expansion from Assyria to the Roman Period. Volume 2. Proceedings of the 5th “Broadening Horizons” Conference (Udine 5-8 June 2017)", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2020, pp. 203-215
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Fieldwork Experience
Archaeological Survey
Lebanese-Italian expedition in the regions of Shawakeer and Ras el-Ain
Tyre, LB
Current - 2019
- Directed by Dr. Ali Badawi (DGA); Prof. May Haider (Lebanese University); Prof. Frances Pinnock (Sapienza University of Rome)
- Current Member
- Responsible for the remote sensing survey and GIS
- Not present in the field during the first survey in 2019
Archaeological Excavation
Italian Archaeological Expedition to Nigin
Dhi-Qar, IR
Current - 2015
- Directed by Prof. D. Nadali (Sapienza University of Rome) and by Prof. A. Polcaro (University of Perugia).
- Current Member
- Assistant in the field in Area E and responsible of the database of findings.
Archaeological Survey
Lagodekhi Municipality
Lagodekhi, GE
July 2018
- Directed by Dr. Kristen Hopper (Durham University) and by Prof. Elena Rova (Ca’ Foscari University).
- Participation as archaeologist and co-responsible of the GIS documentation
Archaeological Excavation
Nigin
Dhi-Qar, IR
November 2017
- Directed by Prof. D. Nadali (Sapienza University of Rome) and by Prof. A. Polcaro (University of Perugia).
- Participation as archaeologist and area supervisor
Archaeological Excavation
Nigin
Dhi-Qar, IR
October 2016
- Directed by Prof. D. Nadali (Sapienza University of Rome) and by Prof. A. Polcaro (University of Perugia).
- Participation as archaeologist
Archaeological Excavation
Coppa Nevigata
Foggia, IT
September 2016
- directed by Prof. A. Cazzella (Sapienza University of Rome).
- Participation as archaeologist
Archaeological Excavation
Coppa Nevigata
Foggia, IT
September 2015
- Directed by Prof. A. Cazzella (Sapienza University of Rome).
- Participation as archaeologist
Archaeological Excavation
Cottanello/Collesecco
Rieti, IT
July 2013
- Directed by Prof. P. Pensabene (Sapienza university of Rome).
- Participation as archaeologist
Congresses and Conferences
PRIN 2017 Workshop (28 April, Online)
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2021
- Presentation of the paper: “The Damascus Oasis. Past Researches and New Directions in the Analysis of Archaeological Settlement Patterns”
12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Bologna, 6-9 April 2021 (Online)
University of Bologna
Bologna, IT
2021
- Presentation ofthe paper: “Water, Landscapes and Settlements along the River. Case Studies from the Syrian Middle Euphrates”
SSDA 2020 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 12-14 February)
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2020
- Presentation of the paper: “Aspetti regionali della distribuzione insediativa lungo l’Eufrate nell’età del Ferro (X-VII secolo a.C.).
BANEA Conference (9-11 January),
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
2020
- Presentation of the paper: “Monitoring Emerging Archaeological Sites Using Multitemporal NDWI: Case Studies from Iraq.”
Broadening Horizons 6 (24-26 June)
Freie Universitat
Berlin, DE
2019
- Presentation of the paper: “Archaeological Landscape of the Lower Syrian Euphrates Valley: an Integrated Approach Towards the Reconstruction of the Settlement Patterns during the Iron Age.”
SSDA 2019 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 30-31 January).
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2019
- Presentation of the paper: “L’età del Ferro nell’area dell’Eufrate Siriano: siti e ricostruzione del paesaggio archeologico.”
11th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of Ancient Near East, 03-07 April)
Ludwig-Maximilian Universitat
Munich, DE
2018
- Presentation of the poster: “Settlement Patterns, Models of Occupation, and Assyrian Presence in the West. Case Study from the Middle Euphrates Region.”
BANEA Conference (27-29 March)
Durham University
Durham, UK
2018
- Presentation of the paper: “On the Edge of the Empire: Riverine Landscape and Settlement Patterns in the Haditha Dam Region during the Iron Age.”
SSDA 2018 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 30-31 January, 1 February 2018)
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2018
- Presentation of the paper: “Pattern insediativi nell’età del Ferro: il caso studio del Medio Eufrate iracheno.”
Broadening Horizons 5 (4-8 June)
University of Udine
Udine, IT
2017
- Presentation of the paper: “Assyrian Imperial Frontiers of the First Millennium BC, the Case of the Iraqi Middle Euphrates.”
10th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of Ancient Near East, 03-07 April)
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Wien, AT
2016
- Participation as listener
SEAC 2015 (International Conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture): Astronomy in Past and Present Cultures (9 - 13 November)
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2015
- Participation as listener
Ebla and Beyond, Ancient Near Eastern Studies after Fifty Years of Discoveries at Tell Mardikh (15 - 17 December)
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2014
- Participation as listener
Conferences Organization
SSDA 2020 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 12-14 February)
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2020
- Oranised together with S. Bossi, B. Brancazi, G. Briatico, A.Caselli, A.L. Corsi, F. Lobera Corsetti, E. Lucci, F. Nicotera, G. Previti, R. Rotunno, L. Volpi.
SSDA 2019 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 30-31 January).
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2019
- Oranised together with B. Brancazi, A. Caselli, A.L. Corsi, E. Lucci, S. Marino, R. Rotunno, L. Volpi.
SSDA 2018 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 30-31 January, 1 February 2018)
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
2018
- Oranised together with B. Brancazi, E. Casadei, A. Caselli, E. Lucci, S. Marino, F. Porta.
Awarded Scholarships
Mobility of PhD Students
Sapienza University
London, UK
2019
- Amount: 4500 EUR to cover travel, accomodation and sustainment abroad
- Project name: MATTER
- Project Members: A. Titolo, L. Volpi
Mobility of PhD Students
Sapienza University
Durham, UK
2018
- Amount: 4500 EUR to cover travel, accomodation and sustainment abroad
- Project Name: Tua-ViOr
- Project Members: A.Caselli, A. Jabbour, I. Sayegh, A. Titolo
Other Working Experience
Students Lab Supervisor
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
Current - 2017
- Supervisor of digitalisation lab of the graphic and carthographic material relative to the Italian Archaeological Expedition in Syria (Tell Mardikh-Ebla), directed by Prof. Paolo Matthiae.
Digitalisation
Sapienza University
Rome, IT
Current - 2016
- Digitalisation of the graphic and carthographic material relative to the Italian Archaeological Expedition in Syria (Tell Mardikh-Ebla), directed by Prof. Paolo Matthiae.
Data Entry
Nigin
Dhi-Qar, IR
Current - 2015
- Data entry of the archaeological documentation of the Italian Archaeological Expedition to Nigin (Iraq) directed by Prof. D. Nadali (Università di Roma “Sapienza”) and by Prof. A. Polcaro (Università di Perugia).
Data Entry
Lagodekhi Municipality
Lagodekhi, GE
2018
- Data entry of the archaeological documentation of the archaeological survey in the province of Lagodekhi (Georgia), directed by Dr Kristen Hopper (Durham University) and Prof. Elena Rova (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Data Entry
Cottanello/Collesecco
Rieti, IT
2013
- Data entry of the archaeological documentation of the excavation at the “Villa di Cottanello/Collesecco (RI)” directed by Prof. P. Pensabene (Sapienza University of Rome).
Online Certified Educational Experiences
Online Course: Introduction to Google Earth Engine
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2020
- Teacher: Dr. Alemayehu Midekisa, Geospatial Data Scientist, United States Geological Survey (USGS) - EROS).
Online Course: Learning the FOSS4g Stack: QGIS 3.0 Desktop
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2020
- Teacher: Arthur J. Lembo Jr., Professor, University of Salisbury, Department of Geography and Geoscience
Online Course: Learning the FOSS4g Stack: Geoserver
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2020
- Teacher: Arthur J. Lembo Jr., Professor, University of Salisbury, Department of Geography and Geoscience
Online Course: Learning the FOSS4g Stack: Spatial SQL with Postgres_PostGIS
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2020
- Teacher: Arthur J. Lembo Jr., Professor, University of Salisbury, Department of Geography and Geoscience
Online Course: Complete Google Earth Engine for Remote Sensing and GIS
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2020
- Teacher: Minerva Singh, PhD, University of Cambridge
Languages Proficiency (CEFR Levels)
Italian
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- Mother Tongue
English
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- Reading: C1
- Writing: C1
- Speaking: C1
French
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- Reading: B1
Arabic
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- Speaking: A2
IELTS Certification
CEFR Level C1
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2020 - 22 March 2018
- Reading: 8.5
- Writing: 7.0
- Speaking: 7.0
- Listening: 8.5
- Overall Band Score: 8.0
Computer and Technical Skills
Advanced Knowledge of Windows Operating System and Office Package Programs
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Good Knowledge of Graphic Software as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Gimp
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Advanced Knowledge of GIS Programs like QGIS (version 2.18, 3.4, 3.10, 3.12)
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Good Knowledge of R and Rstudio applied to archaeological spatial analysis and exploratory data analysis
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Good Knowledge of Google Earth Engine and Javascript finalized at remote sensing analysis and satellite images interpretation
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Good Knowledge of Relational and Spatial Databases like Microsoft Access, Postgres/PostGis, Geopackage
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Base Knowledge of Geoserver 2.17
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